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| Quo vadis Pridnestrovie? |
Michal Ondrejk | 20.02.2010
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In the following lines Iʼm going to deal with a republic which you wonʼt find in any political map of the world, definitely not on such a map which was printed in Chisinau. Iʼm talking about Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (hereinafter "PMR” or "Pridnestrovie”), which is called by Moldovan nationalists, who don't know their own history, "Transnistria”, or rather, they name it indefinitely "eastern provinces”. It was founded by the Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans and other 34 nationalities which had been living here for a long time. Councillors of all levels coming from "eastern provinces” couldn't bear the oppression on the part of Moldovan nationalists any longer. These assumed power in the process of USSR dissolution...
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| Cyprus, Turkey and the EU. Inextricably bound in a vicious circle |
| Lenka Pekov | 29.12.2009
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The upcoming developments in the peace-talks between the two Cypriot communities' representatives, i.e. Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, will have a significant impact on the future of the divided Mediterranean island as well as on the accession process of Turkey to the EU. All parties involved in the "Cyprus Turkey EU” triangle eagerly waited for the conclusions of the EU's General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council held in December 2009. Since Brussels decided to freeze the accession talk with Ankara in 2006 in eighth out of thirty-one chapters due to the non-compliance of Turkey with the provisions of the Ankara Protocol, according to which it has to open its ports and airport to the Republic of Cyprus'...
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| Only Peru and Colombia have remained conformist towards the policy of North American empire in Latin America: The Ambassador to Venezuela in Hungary Adriana Gottberg |
| Karol Klobuick | 24.11.2009
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In November 2009, we met Venezuelan Ambassador in Hungary Adriana Gottberg in Budapest, with whom we discussed economic and political situation in Venezuela, standard of living of its population and foreign political issues in Latin America. Ten years ago, in Venezuela the process of economic and political changes was initiated which is also called Bolivar Revolution. How do you asses this process after 10 years? Now, it has been ten years during which we have been fighting for a change in Venezuela. Now, it has been ten years since President Chvez seized power. It started yet in 1989 in terms of Caracazo. It has been a slow, long and complicated process because it took place under conditions of peace. No aggression has been used, no human rights have been violated and no social class has been attacked...
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| Does Belgrade betray the interests of Kosovo Serbs? An interview with State Secretary Oliver Ivanovi and the leader of Kosovo Serbs Marko Jaki |
| Martin Braxatoris | 10.09.2009
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Oliver Ivanovi is the State Secretary of the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, former Speaker of the Serb National Council of Kosovska Mitrovica and former leader of Kosovo Serbs. He is a karate grandmaster. During the war, he was an active leader of Serbian home defense in the north of Kosovo. He was a member of the negotiation team at international talks on the status of Kosovo. Marko Jaki is the Vice Chairperson of the Association of Serb Municipalities and Settlements of northern Kosovo and Metohija and factual leader of Kosovo Serbs. He is a member of Vojislav Kotunicaʼs Democratic Party of Serbia and doctor at the orthopaedic clinic of the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica where he has been a director until recently. He was a member of the negotiation team...
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| The Slovak Government supports intensively Georgian entry into NATO: The Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze. |
| Martin Braxatoris | 20.04.2009
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In the first half of March 2009, the Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze officially visited the Slovak Republic. We interviewed him on the current position of the Slovak Republic on Georgian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, the prospects of NATO and EU membership as well as the impact of the August Georgian-Russian conflict on the integration process. Mr Vice Prime Minister, you have had an audience with the Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajk recently. In this context, the Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement in which it backed Georgian EU and NATO integration efforts and welcomed the establishment of the committee NATO Georgia. How do you assess the activities of the Slovak Republic in connection with Georgian integration....
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| Abkhazia and Russia: the outline of bilateral relations |
| Martin Braxatoris | 06.03.2009
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At the beginning of September 2008, following the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, Moscow forged diplomatic ties with the mentioned breakaway republics. In the second half of October 2008, it was announced that the Russian President appointed ambassadors in Sukhumi and Cchinvali. Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi Semyon Grigoryev presented his Letter of Credence to President Sergei Bagapsh in the middle of December 2008. On behalf of Russia, the Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi is institutionally responsible for the development of bilateral cooperation between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia. According to he is an educated orientalist and he is known in diplomatic circles as a representative of classic Russian orientalist school. He worked in Moscowʼs diplomatic...
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| Turkeys EU membership and the Public Opinion |
| Lenka Pekov | 30.12.2008
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A high-level political debate about the prospects of possible Turkish membership in the EU has been intensifying since Turkey became a candidate country in 1999. However, the state leaders might not be the ones to have the final say. Some member states have already announced they would hold a referendum and let people decide whether to let Turkey in or not. According to the latest news the authorities in Ankara will go for a popular approval of Turkish membership once the accession talks are successfully completed as well. The public opinion in both the EU as well as Turkey may thus create yet another complication in the rather rocky EU Turkey relations. In summer 2008, a referendum draft bill concerning the accession of new countries to the EU was successfully passed in the first reading...
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